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Former Burkina Faso leader Compaore charged in predecessor Sankara's murder

Reuters, 14 Apr 2021
A Burkina Faso court charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of the most infamous killings in Africa’s post-independence history.

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